CARLSBAD 
The Museum of Making Music will present Freddie Roulette, Henry Kaiser and friends for a program called “Eccentric Blues” on Saturday. This concert is the last of a five-part series of exhibition-related events showcasing the music genres influenced by slide guitar, including blues, western swing and Hawaiian.

Joining Roulette and Kaiser will be guitarist Scott Colby; bass guitarist Daniel Schwartz; drummer David Kemper, who is best known for playing with Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia; and keyboardist Mike Keneally, who previously played with Frank Zappa.

The audience can expect an evening of blues and jazz standards including “The Thrill is Gone,” “Sleepwalk” and “Round Midnight,” along with some twists.

“This is the type of thing where we are surprised – when it's not rote, when it's improvised and there are big surprises for everybody,” Kaiser said.

“We go into the concert with the intention of discovering new things: not telling the same story each time, telling a new story.”

Kaiser said he and the others are all driven by a sense of discovery and exploration that comes with being virtuosos.

“Freddie was a hero of mine before I grew up, even before I played guitar,” Kaiser said. “I saw him over the years, and one day I said, 'Do you want to do something together?' We've made several records since then.”

Kaiser said that while he is known as a “crazy experimental guitarist,” Roulette is remembered as the greatest virtuoso ever of lap style guitar.

“He's a true individualist who has created his own style,” Kaiser said. “Freddie can play one note and you know it's him. Not many people can do that.”

Guests to the museum can also visit “The Magic & Mystery of Slide Guitar,” an exhibit that continues through March 31. Nearly 70 rare and vintage instruments are displayed, including lap steel guitars, pedal steel guitars, Hawaiian lap steel guitars and several instruments from around the globe that represent the many cultures that employ the slide technique.